Building construction



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June 28, 1938. o. F. DOLT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed July 29, 1936 4Sheets-Sheet 4 m ll/1111x 11 WWI ATTORNEY3 Patented June 28, 1938 PATENTOFFICE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Otto Frederick Dolt, Louisville, Ky.,assignor to Margaret 0. Bolt, Louisville, Ky.

Application July 29, 1936, Serial No. 93,267

2 Claims.

This invention relates to building construction and has for an object toreduce the cost of building construction by the provision of panels androof sections which may be manufactured complete by economicalstandardized shop manufacture and set up on location simultaneously withthe erection of the Walls on the building foundation.

A further object of the invention is to produce a masonry brick or otherbuilding which will be of insulated and fire proof constructionthroughout and introduces an economical and novel means of obtainingthese results, comprising in part, assembling at the factory a series ofpanels, some blank, some with door jams, some with windows, some withclosets, some with book cases, and so forth, these panels being then setup on the building foundation so as to leave spaces between them whichspaces are filled with steel reinforced concrete to provide concrete,columns between adjacent panels.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel details of construction and combinations of partshereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood thatvarious modifications may be resorted to within the scope of theappended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a building with portions broken away,to expose the panels, columns, and roof members constructed inaccordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line 22 of Figure 1showing a portion of the floor plan of the building.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1showing the ceiling and roof members.

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view showing the roof members and thestepped projections carried thereby for locking the members to thewalls.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through adjacent panelsshowing how the panels are locked to each other and locked to the walls.

Figure 6 is a detail plan view of intersecting panels at a corner ofadjoining rooms prior to pouring the cement column at theirintersection.

Figure '7 is a longitudinal sectional view of a panel.

Figure 8 is a front elevation of a modified form of roof member for.constructing a comparatively fiat roof of less pitch than the roof shownin Figure 1.

Figure 9 is a longitudinal sectional view through a panel.

Figure 10 is a cross sectional view taken on the line l0l0 of Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a detail perspective view of one of the roof members.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of referencedesignate similar parts in the various views, Ill designates the brickwalls of a one story and attic dwelling, the same being of conventionalconstruction on a suitable foundation. Simultaneously with the erectionof the walls, panels are set up to provide the interior of the building,these panels being standard units of factory mass production. The panelsare formed of suitable fire proof and insulating material, certain ofthe panels H being blank, while others are equipped with fixtures suchas a door, a window [3, a cupboard M, a closet 15, a broom closet l6 andother interior fixtures.

The panels are set up in position with spaces between them, which spacesare filled with cement to provide columns I! which look the panelstogether and receive the load strain of the building.

More specifically, as best shown in Figure 3, a standard panel isconstructed of parallel walls l8 and I9 having grooves to receivetransverse spacers which are tied to the walls by loops 2| of wireencircling the spacers and looped through openings 22 in the walls, theends of the loops extending exteriorly of the outer wall and beingtwisted together to form locks 23 which are imbedded in the wallconstruction II] as the walls rise during construction of the building.

Between each two adjoining panels a space is left into which cement ispoured to provide the columns ll, there being tie wires 24 disposed inthe spaces and passed through confronting spacers 20 to hold the panelsaligned with each other while the cement is being poured. Reinforcingsteel rods 25 are built into the cement column as is conventional andalso corrugated metal lock strips 26 are built into the columns to beimbedded in the walls Ill. The strips 26 lock the columns to the wallswhile the tie rods 24 lock the columns to the panels.

The roof members 21 each comprise diverging solid integral cement orlike plates 28 and 29 the former constituting the roof proper and beinglapped over the similar plates of adjoining sections, as shown in Figure1, and the latter constituting the purlins. Steel rods 30 may beimbedded in the roof members.

be formed of the same material.

As best shown in Figure 4 the roof members have stepped integral lockinglugs 3| projecting outwardly from each end 32 and the bricks 33 of thebrick wall are built upon these stepped lugs to lock the roof members tothe Walls. As best shown in Figure 11 each roof member is provided atintervals with triangular webs 34 which are received in notches 35formed in the next uppermost course of roof members, as shown in Figure1 to look all of the roof members together as a unit. The roof membersat the peak may be butted together and a V-shaped metal cap piece 36 maybe placed astride the intersection of these roof members and firmlyfixed thereto in any preferred manner to key these members together.

As shown in Figure 6 intersecting panels at a corner of adjoining roomsmay bebutted end to end with a space3'l left between them. A tie wire 38may be passed through this space and through the spacers 20 of alignedpanels to hold the panels associated while the cement is being poured inthe space to form the load supporting column. It is also shown in thisfigure, as well as. in Figure 5, that the room face of each wall of thepanel is plastered, as shown at 39, and this may be done at the factoryor on location as preferred.

In Figure 7 there is shown,a modified form of panel in which alongitudinally extending web 40, and a transverse web 4|, is built intothe panel to reinforce and strengthen the panel to resist severeconditions of service.

In Figure 8 there is shown a modified form of roof member-in which thepurlins 42 are formed integral with a horizontal load supporting truss43 and these purlins are also formed integral with a single piece roofmember 44 having a gentle pitch. R/oof members of this type are suitablefor comparatively fiat roof building construction.

As shown in Figures 9 and the walls 45 of the panel may be formed ofinsulating material and longitudinal and transverse spacers 46 may Thewires 41 are passed around the spacers and through the walls to anchorthe parts together.

From the above description it will be apparent that the provision of thenovel panels, roof members, and the process of assembling and lockingthe same together as above outlined, produces a quick economical methodof building construction in which the entire interior may be set up asthe walls of the building are being built thus promoting economy oftime, eliminating waste in construction, and producing a substantiallyfire proof insulated building.

What is claimed is:

1. In building construction, knock-down structural panels adapted to bearranged to form supporting upright and. horizontal beams, comprisingparallel molded walls, integral transverse spacers reinforcing thewalls, certain of the spacers being in the form of blocks disposedadjacent to the ends of the walls, said walls being adapted to be set upon the building foundation so as to leave spaces between them with saidblocks disposed parallel in position to coact with the ends of the wallsin forming molds in which concrete may be poured to form supportingupright and. horizontal beams, tie wires passed through the wallsparallel with the spacers and having twisted ends adapted to form mortarlocks, and a plaster coating on the outer face of one wall of eachpanel.

2. In building construction, knock-down panels adapted to formsupporting upright and horizontal beams, wall and ceiling knock-downpanels each comprising parallel walls and spacers between the walls,certain of the panels being adapted to be assembled to be laid at aright angle to certain others of the panels to form respectively a floorand a wall, said panels having open ends, I-beams closing the open endsof the horizontally laid panels and supporting the panels in alignedposition, channel beams supported upon the upper ends of the verticallydisposed" panels and closing the outer ends of the horizontally laidpanels, and cement poured outside of said channel beams into the upperends of the vertically disposed panels.

' I O'I'I'O FREDERICK DOLT.

